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The Center for Higher Education (zhb) is a central unit of the TU Dortmund University.
In 2006 the University established the Department of Organizational Studies, Continuing Education & Social Management in order to conduct teaching and research on organization, knowledge management, and research of higher education.

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new publication about academic motivation

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20.03.2012 – new publication:
Uwe Wilkesmann, Heike Fischer & Alfredo Virgillito (2012): Academic Motivation of Students - The German Case. Discussion Papers Center for Higher Education, TU Dortmund University 02_2012

 

new knowledge transfer research project

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02.09.2011 – We recently started a research project on knowledge transfer of work councils. It is financed by the Hans-Böckler-Foundation. The project focuses on the inter-generational knowledge transfer. At the moment we are conducting interviews and a survey regarding the type of knowledge of elder work council members, barriers and supporting factors for knowledge transfer from elder to younger members, and we will develop some tools for supporting inter-generational knowledge transfer.

 

recent presentations

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20.08.2011 – 27th EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) Colloquium in Gothenburg:
Uwe Wilkesmann & Christian Schmid: The impact of new governance on teaching at German universities
At the 24th annual CHER (Consortium of Higher Education Researchers) Conference in Reykjavik
At the Chinese University of Hong Kong (08.09.2011)

 

new publication about higher education research

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19.08.2011 – Uwe Wilkesmann & Christian J. Schmid (2011): The impacts of new governance on teaching at German universities. Findings from a national survey in Germany. Higher Education DOI 10.1007/s10734-011-9423-1.

 

new publication about football research

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18.08.2011 – Uwe Wilkesmann, Doris Blutner & Christian Müller (2011): German football: Organizing for the European top. Hallgeir Gammelsaeter and Benoit Senaux (Eds.): The Organization and Governance of Top Football across Europe. Routledge, pp. 138-153.

 

new publication about knowledge management

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17.08.2011 – Maximiliane Wilkesmann & Uwe Wilkesmann (2011): Knowledge transfer as interaction between experts and novices supported by technology. In: VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems 41 (2): 96 - 112. DOI: 10.1108/03055721111134763

 

new publication about knowledge transfer

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16.08.2011 – Uwe Wilkesmann, Maximiliane Wilkesmann & Alfredo Virgillito (2011): Knowledge transfer in German Hospitals. Discussion Paper Center for Continuing Education TU Dortmund University

 

Teaching in Hong Kong

Teaching in Hong Kong

09.11.2010 – Prof. Dr. Uwe Wilkesmann and Assistant Professor Dr. Maximiliane Wilkesmann delivered their class "Organizational, motivational, and intercultural aspects of knowledge management" in the Master programme at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as every year.